CGI · 2 hours ago
Senior Oracle Database Administrator
Fairfax, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$81K/yr - $268K/yr
7+ years expCGI Group, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Database Administrator to join their technology team and lead the design, optimization, and management of database environments. This role is responsible for ensuring high availability, performance, security, and scalability across all database systems while supporting internal operations and client solutions.
AnalyticsApplication Performance ManagementBusiness IntelligenceConsultingCyber SecurityFinanceInformation TechnologyTechnical Support
Responsibilities
Support Agile development teams by designing, administering, and optimizing Oracle, MongoDB, MariaDB, and SQL databases
Ensure database availability, performance, security, and data integrity across cloud and on-prem environments
Oversee database installations, upgrades, patching, and configuration management
Implement and maintain backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery strategies for mission critical systems
Lead performance tuning, query optimization, indexing strategy, and capacity planning
Architect and manage high availability database solutions including clustering, RAC, Data Guard, and cloud native HA options
Participate in DR exercises and ensure database platforms meet business continuity requirements
Administer cloud based database services, storage architectures, networking configurations, and cloud security controls
Implement automation and Infrastructure as Code for cloud database environments
Partner with application, cloud, infrastructure, and security teams to support complex, high availability systems and application releases
Provide technical leadership during incidents, root cause analysis, and long term remediation planning
Develop automation for database provisioning, patching, maintenance, and monitoring
Implement observability and alerting strategies to proactively identify performance issues
Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and operational playbooks
Guide engineers on database standards, best practices, and operational improvement
Qualification
Required
7+ years of enterprise database administration experience
Strong experience with Oracle and SQL-based databases
Hands-on experience supporting cloud and hybrid database platforms (OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Expertise in performance tuning, high availability, and disaster recovery
Experience with database security, backup, replication, and compliance
Proficiency in automation, scripting, and Infrastructure as Code (SQL, Bash, Python)
Solid Linux/Unix knowledge
Experience working in Agile, cross-functional teams
Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills
Benefits
Competitive compensation
Comprehensive insurance options
Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
Paid parental leave
Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
Wellness and Well-being programs
Company
CGI
CGI is an IT and business consulting services firm that offers consulting, cyber security, cloud, and IT services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.2B2025-03-12Post Ipo Debt· $650M
2024-09-03Post Ipo Debt· $550.87M
1998-10-06IPO
Leadership Team
François Boulanger
President and Chief Executive Officer at CGI
Raymond McMann
VP, Global Oil & Gas Industry
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